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Missouri is Officially Out of Smarter Balanced

June 5, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Missouri Legislature officially ended the state’s relationship with Smarter Balanced eliminating the $4.2 million needed to spend on the assessment.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: 2015 Bills, Common Core, Jay Nixon, Missouri, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Smarter Balanced

Missouri’s Membership in Smarter Balanced Found Unconstitutional

February 25, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

A Missouri judge finds that Missouri’s membership in Smarter Balanced is illegal and has permanently enjoined the state to not pay membership dues.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, common core assessments, Compact Clause, Daniel Green, Fred N. Sauer, Gretchen Logue, Jay Nixon, Missouri, Smarter Balanced

Missouri Activists Sue State of Missouri Over Common Core Payments

September 18, 2014 By truthinamed

Gretchen Logue  and Anne Gassel  of the Missouri Coalition Against Common Core have joined Fred N. Sauer in filing a taxpayer lawsuit against Governor Nixon, Commissioner Nicastro, and other state officials.  The lawsuit challenges Missouri’s payment of taxpayer money to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a consortium of states that is implementing tests aligned to […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Fred N. Sauer, Gretchen Logue, Jay Nixon, Missouri Coalition Against Common Core, press releases, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Scott Walker Calls on Wisconsin State Legislature to Repeal Common Core

July 18, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

(CaffeinatedThoughts.com) Yesterday Governor Scott Walker (R-WI) out of the blue issued a press release calling for Wisconsin to repeal the Common Core. He said in a prepared statement, “Today, I call on the members of the State Legislature to pass a bill in early January to repeal Common Core and replace it with standards set […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Cedarburg (WI) School District, Chris Christie, Common Core State Standards, Gary Hebert, Germantown (WI) School District, Iowa Department of Education, Jay Nixon, Joe Zepecki, Leah Vukmir, Mary Burke, Pat McCroary, Scott Walker, Steve Kestell, Tony Evers, Wisconsin Gubernatorial Race, Wisconsin State Legislature

Missouri Governor Signs Bill to Review and Replace Common Core

July 15, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Gretchen Logue of Missouri Education Watchdog reported late yesterday afternoon that Governor Jay Nixon signed HB 1490 into law.  He had until August 28th to sign the bill or veto the bill.  He could have also let the bill go into effect without his signature.  The bill will keep the Common Core State Standards in […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Common Core State Standards, Gretchen Logue, HB 1490, Jay Nixon, Missouri Coalition Against Common Core, Missouri Education Watchdog, Missouri Legislature

Missouri Legislature Passes Common Core Replacement Bill

May 15, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Missouri Legislature voted 131 to 12 in the House and 23 to 6 in the Senate in favor of the conference report for HB 1490.  This bill, if signed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, would replace the Common Core State Standards by the 2016-2017 school year, and a new assessment to align with those […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Jay Nixon, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Missouri House, Missouri Senate, Missouri State Board of Education

Missouri Common Core Transparency Bill Passes Out of Committee

May 14, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee passed SB 210 out of committee on a 17-0 vote yesterday after a 2 hour-long public hearing which included 900 written witness statements by those who supported the bill and testimony by the Missouri Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro who I was told didn’t really address the content […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Chris Nicastro, Common Core State Standards, data collection, Gretchen Logue, Jay Nixon, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Missouri Education Watchdog, Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, Missouri Senate

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